Rudrankksh Patil may be an ace shooter the world over, but Cairo turns him into something out of this world. When Patil stepped foot in the Egyptian capital in 2022, the defining moment of his time there was when his name was called out and he climbed the podium to become India’s second-ever gold medallist at the World Championships – a feat that was only ever done by Abhinav Bindra before him. A year later, Patil won a World Cup gold medal over there as well.

Now 21, he returns along with the Indian team looking to kickstart yet another Olympic cycle – one where there will be two World Championships before the 2028 LA Olympics. The first of which starts in Cairo from Saturday and doesn’t carry Olympics quotas. For Patil, this World Championship is all about testing all the work he has pu

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